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Gather some recent data related to the increasing rates of unemployment.
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Recent data on the increasing rates of unemployment across the US show that, since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, the unemployment rate has increased from 3.5% to 14.7%. This is the highest the unemployment rate has been since the Great Depression. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics also reports that since April 2020, 43 million Americans have filed for unemployment. 

The US Federal Reserve reported in June 2020 that 40% of households making less than $40,000 a year had lost a job or experienced a reduction in income due to COVID-19, while 23% of households making over $100,000 had experienced job losses or income reductions.